SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MODULAR ONLINE PRODUCT SELECTION, VISUALIZATION AND DESIGN SERVICES

• Main Authors: HURST SHAE, NEGRILA CATALIN ALEXANDRU, DUTT RAJEEV, ELLIS JASON K, HEBERT DAVE, THOMPSON SUSANNAH
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.01.2017
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Systems, apparatuses, and methods for generating an on-line/eCommerce based garment viewing, selection, and sizing service that includes a virtual shopping experience capable of being initiated by activating an embedded uniform resource locator (URL) from an arbitrary web-based application or browser. The inventive system includes elements and processes that may be used to generate realistic images and behavior of a user's digital facsimile and associated clothing and/or accessories under different environmental viewing conditions (such as lighting, shading, etc.). These elements and processes may include mathematical/computational models of fabric appearance at both larger and smaller scales, fabric motion under conditions of wind or movement of a person wearing a garment, fabric reflectivity, garment seams, stylistic elements, etc. Models of a person generated by use of the inventive system may include consideration of one or more of a user's height, weight, age, skin tone, fitness level, hair, hair style, makeup, etc.